Miss Jump Rope Does Have a Name!

Sunday, July 17th I had planned to do the post and share the 

name of our precious treasure whose upcoming arrival I had just announced.  

And just in case you were on vacation for a couple of weeks:

I told the beautiful story of God orchestrating
 events to bring her to her forever family in two parts.   
In case you missed it:

 Part 1 and Part 2

Obviously, with the situation with Karl being so critical, I just didn't even have it in me to write the post about naming her.

BUT

So many of you have made me smile in the last eleven days when you have mentioned, "Miss Jump Rope"...that I thought I'd better share her name....

Our sweet girl treasure is somewhere around 10 years old.  
We haven't been able to get her exact birthdate 
but her name has been 

Sarah since she was little.  

Sarah means Princess and we think that our 
Princess 
would love to remain the 
name she has been called all her life.

For a middle name we prayed and prayed.

I had a beautiful sister who passed away.

My sister's name was Jane

and 

Jane means "God is gracious"

{which HE certainly is and has been.}

On that note, we joyfully announce the upcoming arrival of 

Miss Sarah Jane

Our precious princess whom God has been gracious to...

We will call her Sarah Jane.....

making a differentiation between Sarah Jane 

and 

our treasured daughter-in-love Sarah.

Sarah is so excited that we are bringing home another Sarah.

So from here on out....

Miss Jump Rope 

is 


officially 

Sarah Jane

Isn't she precious?  
Really.  
Her countenance reflects the Lord.  
Gracious, do we ever love her!

We wrote to the director of the orphanage where Sarah Jane lives and asked if we sent a letter, would she be able to let Sarah Jane hear it and know that she has a family waiting for her.  I wrote it in two parts.  First letter introducing us and sent along the pictures of Daddy jumping rope with her and also the picture of her and I together from April.  


Second letter I introduced to her all her
 siblings and sent pictures of them.  


We got a report back that 

Sarah Jane 
was so excited and had been practicing 
writing her full name:


Sarah Jane and our last name

How sweet is that?


Miss Sarah Jane is acomin' home,


Lord willing, 


before too, too long.